but that's something we can reverse with elections. that is not something that's ininevitable or written in tablets of stone. these are decisions we make and that our elected leaders make. that is one reason why projecting what the united states strength will look like in 2030 is such a complete waste of time. if you will forgive me. megyn: the scary thing is it's not like one of those thoughts where, okay, everybody who is on the earth now will be dead by the time this happens. that is in the relatively, you know, not-too-distant future. but i wanted to ask you because the criteria they use to assess who will be the most powerful country or region on earth is gdp, population size, military spending and technological investment. obviously we've been struggling on gdp for a number of years now since the recession. our growth has been really anemic. our population size, we've had, it was a record low birth rate last year. people are not feeling that optimistic. military spending, they want you to spend more to think you will be more of a